Craft Fayre
A Craft Fayre will take place in the Village Hall at 11:00am on Saturday 12th November 2022. Free entry, and refreshments including mulled wine available. A large variety of stalls will include Jewellery, Candles & Diffusers, Hair & Dog Accessories, Greetings Cards & Stationery, Owl Gifts, – toys, mugs & decorations Aprons, peg bags, shopping bags and cushions to name but a few! Shop early for Christmas.
Sutton and Barnby Moor W.I.
The next meeting of the local association will take place on Wednesday 16th November in Sutton Village Hall at the earlier starting time of 2:15pm. Members old and new always welcome.
Sutton Art Group
On Saturday 19th November 2022, Sutton Art Group will be holding their Annual Art Exhibition in the Village Hall, from 11:00am until 3:00pm. The event is held to promote and show the high standards of work achieved by members over the past year. This is your chance to go along to the hall and peruse a large range of paintings on view, many of which may be for sale on the day. Villagers and friends are invited to attend and show support for the local group. Entry is free, so please pop in for a browse and, if you wish, for some refreshments. The usual wonderful raffle may tempt you to purchase a ticket. And our paintings may also tempt you to make a purchase. Well worth a visit!
Local Election for Sutton Ward
A local by-election is scheduled to take place in the village on Thursday 24th November, following the resignation of former Conservative District Councillor Denis Depledge due to ongoing health and personal reasons. Candidates for both Labour and Conservative are contesting the vacant seat and have been canvassing the village over the last two weeks, doorstep calling and by leaflet drops outlining their plans for the future of the villages involved. The choice is yours; please don’t waste your vote.
Sutton and Barnby Moor Gardening Club
Steve Routledge was the speaker when the club met at Barnby Moor village hall on Tuesday 1st November. Steve and his wife Paula run a gardening centre called Flora Media based at Caunton in Nottinghamshire. The subject of the talk on this occasion was the taking of cuttings and pruning, a subject close to every gardeners’ heart. A variety of plants were on display, some for sale, some used in a pruning exercise later as the talk progressed. The speaker explained in general about pruning and told that hard pruning will not harm the plant but may restrict flowering the following season. Pruning of fruit trees were also demonstrated on the night, with help from the audience, and a question-and-answer session ensued during the proceedings. A very informative talk with members gathering a lot of information and confidence as the advice given was clear and positive and seemed to be absorbed by those present, thanks to the efforts of the speaker Steve Routledge.
The next meeting of the gardening club will be held on Tuesday 6th December and will be a Christmas workshop. Further details available from gardeningclub@suttoncumlound.net
Parish Council
Parish Councillor Vacancies
The Parish Council have a number of vacancies and would like to co-opt new councillors as soon as possible. If you are interested in joining the Council and serving your community, then please contact the Clerk to the Council for further information.
Post Office
The Post Office will operate in the Village Hall on Wednesdays from 10:00am to 12:30pm. Please call in and support this local facility.
St Bartholomew’s Church
Church Service
At St. Bartholomew’s church on Sunday 6th November, the 3rd Sunday before advent, a Family service took place. This was conducted by licensed Lay Reader Joan Herrington and commenced at the usual time of 9:30am. Gospel readings: Luke 20; 27 – 38. Intercessions: Janet Webb. Organist: Geoff Webb.
The service for Sunday, 13th November, is Remembrance Sunday. Please note that this service starts at the later time of 10:15am, to observe the two minutes silence at 11:00am. Everyone welcome! Please come along and remember!
Toilet and Kitchen Update
The church is moving ever closer to raising the money needed for the installation of a toilet and kitchen to make the building more useful and inclusive for community events. So far, because of people’s generosity, £45,000 has been raised towards the target. Further fundraising activities are being planned as well as the church seeking funding from grants.
A special Just Giving site has been set up for anyone wishing to make a personal donation towards the project. Every penny counts and the church appreciates all donations large or small. If you would like to donate you can either click on the link below, or make a donation by cheque posting it to us, or handing it to one of the Churchwardens.
More About …
District Councillor
Your District Councillor for Sutton Ward is Darrell Pulk. Please see here for contact information.
Gardening Club
You can discover more about the Gardening Club on the Sutton website here.
Meet the Neighbours
You can discover more about the Neighbours group on the Sutton website here.
Visit the Village Hall website for more details.
Mobile Library
The mobile library van normally visits the village on a monthly basis on Mondays.
You can discover more about the Mobile Library service on the Sutton website here
Nottinghamshire County Councillor
Your Nottinghamshire County Councillor for Sutton is Tracey Taylor. Please see here for contact information.
Police
You can discover more about the Police on the Sutton website here.
Post Office
The Post office operates out of the Village Hall on a regular basis. Please check the Village Hall Calendar of Events for days and times.
Please call in and support this much needed facility operating for the benefit of all.
St Bartholomew’s Church
You can discover more about the church on the Sutton website here, and more current information may be available on the church Facebook page here.
Sutton Art Group
You can discover more about the Sutton Art Group on the Sutton website here.
Sutton Parish Council
The Parish Council normally meets on the second Wednesday of the month at 7:00pm in the Village Hall, but please see the Village Hall calendar for confirmation.
You can discover more about the Parish Council on the Sutton website here, and more topical information may be available on the Parish Council Facebook page here.
Sutton Spotlight
The Sutton Spotlight is funded by Sutton cum Lound Parish Council and is produced and delivered by volunteers.
You can discover more about the Sutton Spotlight on the Sutton website here.
The W.I.
You can discover more about the W.I. on the Sutton website here.
Village Hall
You can discover more about the Village Hall on the Sutton website here.
See a full description of the hall and all its activities on the Village Hall website here.
Want something publicising?
Don’t forget, if you have any event or item of interest for the village, just email it to webmaster@suttoncumlound.net and our resident website monitor will do his best to accommodate you. All posts go out to our increasing list of email update subscribers as soon as they’re published.
We also have the Sutton Spotlight, which goes out to every house in the village on a quarterly (ish) basis. Space is sometimes limited, so try to get your entry in early.
We’re also lucky to have a village Journalist who collates news and updates for the Retford Times on a weekly basis. Get your copy in on Monday morning for the Thursday issue.
All our website updates are also sent down the village “X formerly Twitter” feed, @SuttonCumLound. So, follow us there for these and other items in and around our area.
The Parish Council has a Facebook presence for all things of a council nature. Contact the Clerk if you want anything on this feed.